International Women’s Day celebrated in Nielle
The people of Nielle, 750 km north of Abidjan, celebrated the International Women's Day in partnership with the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Saturday 8 March 2014. In his address on the occasion, the head of the UNOCI delegation, Salif Boite of the Human rights Office expressed the UN…
Security forces and citizens of Vavoua urged to live in harmony
A workshop organized by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) for some 60 civil society actors and local security forces including police, gendarmes, soldiers and water and forestry guards in Vavoua has stressed the need to maintain peaceful cohabitation and harmony. The workshop was opened on 6…
Trainees at the professional Training Centre in Guiglo sensitised on gender-based violence and human rights
Trainees at the Professional Training Centre (CFP) in Guiglo (520 km west of Abidjan) were on Wednesday 12 March 2014 treated to a screening of the film produced by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to educate the public on gender-based violence and human rights. At the end of the projection…
UNOCI promotes social cohesion in Massadougou and sensitises women in Kakologo on gender-based violence.
The grassroots sensitization programme of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) dubbed made two important stops on Wednesday 12 March 2014 in the villages of Massadougou (27 km north of Odienne) and Kakologo, Napie Sub Prefecture, 560 km north of Abidjan. Masssadougou is a small enclave in the…
Thematic meeting in border town of Tai to consolidate achievements
The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Wednesday 12 March 2014 organised a meeting with community, political and religious leaders as well as administrative authorities from Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire in the border town of Tai, 720 km in the extreme west of Abidjan to examine issues of common…
UNOCI sensitizes Abongoua people on social cohesion
Inhabitants of the villages of Adjame,Yapokoi and Baoulekro in the Yakasse-Attobrou division (43 km east of Adzope) came together at the Sub Prefecture of Abongoua recently for as meeting with the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to discuss ways of strengthening social cohesion. Taking part in…
Minister of Education, Special Representative and women of political parties in Côte d'Ivoire reunite around a discussion platform
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, today took part in a discussion platform organised by the United Nations with women of political parties of Côte d'Ivoire on the theme: "Women of Political Parties tackle consolidation of…
UNOCI and humanitarian agencies bring assistance to Faitai population
Following an attack on the village of Faitai by armed assailants on the night of 22 to 23 February 2014, the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has come to the assistance of the people with food donations, medical attention and advice. Four persons were killed and two injured in the attack on the…
Women of political parties commit to supporting and accompanying the national priorities of Côte d’Ivoire
The United Nations discussion platform with women of political parties ended on Thursday, 13 March 2014 with a series of recommendations and commitment made by the participants to work to establish a peaceful socio-political climate before the election in 2015. To work for the consolidation of peace…
Peacekeepers from UNOCI's 19th Togolese Contingent decorated with United Nations Medal
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Thursday, 13 March 2014, in Abidjan, decorated peacekeepers from the 19th Togolese contingent (TOGOBATT) of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), with the United Nations…
UNOCI donates classrooms to Sipilou Municipal College
Three newly-built classrooms equipped with 20 desks each and four rehabilitated ones as well as three latrines estimated at a total cost of CFA 12,480,582 francs (25000 USD) were officially handed over on Wednesday 13 March 2014 by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to local administrative…
UNOCI builds maternity clinic in Meneke
The village of Meneke, situated at 460 km southwest of Abidjan, on Friday, 14 March 2014, received a new maternity clinic built and equipped by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) as part of its Quick Impact Projects programme. Handing over the project, the head of the UN…